Umberto is a senior film reporter at TheWrap, covering film & television development, agencies and talent. He joined TheWrap in 2016. He has been covering the fanboy beat & breaking scoops for 20 years with numerous Hollywood trade, newspaper and magazine mentions to his credit.
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‘Mars One’ Director Gabriel Martins on a Child’s Dream of Colonizing the Red Planet (Video)
TheWrap Screening Series: Martins says that when writing his film, he kept thinking about a kid yearning to join the “mission of discovering the unknown”
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‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’ Sequel Hires Gil Kenan to Replace Jason Reitman as Director
Reitman will produce with Kenan
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‘Moving On’ With Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin Lands at Roadside Attractions for Domestic Distribution
The film to be theatrically released in Spring 2023
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‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’ Trailer Brings Harrison Ford Into the 1960s (Video)
James Mangold directs the fifth installment of the franchise, which arrives in theaters June 30, 2023
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‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Trailer: Optimus Primal and the Maximals Arise in ’90s-Set Sequel (Video)
The seventh installment in the “Transformers” franchise will be released on June 9, 2023
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Punk Rocker GG Allin Movie in the Works With MVD Entertainment; Jonas Åkerlund Attached to Direct
Angry Films’ Don Murphy and Susan Montford will produce the biopic along with Eric D. Wilkinson
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Sony Pictures, Legendary to Launch Global Film Distribution Partnership
Legendary’s distribution agreement with Warner Bros. Pictures continues on select existing titles
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James Gunn Reveals the DC Universe Will Be ‘Connected Across Film and TV’
Gunn and co-chairman Peter Safran took over Warner Bros. Discovery’s comic book-inspired unit earlier this month
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Magnolia Acquires Domestic Rights to ‘Dalíland’ Starring Ben Kingsley and Ezra Miller
The film’s premiere closed the 2022 Toronto Film Festival
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Convicted Rapist Harvey Weinstein Has an Opinion About ‘She Said’ Box Office Failure
The film’s performance “isn’t a surprise” said Weinstein, who is currently facing yet another trial for rape in Los Angeles
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Henry Cavill’s Superman Encounters Setbacks to Possible DC Return (Exclusive)
The actor most recently appeared as the Man of Steel in a post-credits scene from “Black Adam”
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Horrormeisters James Wan and Jason Blum Team Up Seeking a Monster Payday – and Possible IPO | Analysis
The geniuses behind low-budget megahits like “The Conjuring” and “The Purge” could cash in from teaming up
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Radio Silence Trio to Direct John Carpenter’s ‘Escape From New York’ Reboot
Carpenter will serve as an executive producer on the remake
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Bradley Cooper to Star in Film Based on Steve McQueen Character Frank Bullitt
Steven Spielberg is attached direct
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Jason Blum and James Wan in Advanced Talks to Merge Production Companies
Blumhouse and Atomic Monster expected to exist as separate labels
